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Host Organization Application Process:

NOTE: Information on this page will be updated in early January 2025 to reflect the application process for the 2025-2026 service year. Check back again soon!

“RARE AmeriCorps Host Organization” refers to the organization that sponsors a RARE AmeriCorps Member. Eligible organizations include public agencies (including city, county, and regional governments); special districts (such as soil and water conservation districts, park and transportation districts); and not-for-profit organizations. Types of organizations include watershed councils, housing authorities, and economic development districts.

If your organization is interested in sponsoring a RARE AmeriCorps Member, please complete the following steps:

Step 1 – Prepare Materials:

View the RARE Host Organization Application Preview and collect your application materials. This is a preview of the information you will submit using the link provided in Step 2. Click here for a PDF or here for a Word Document.

If you are interested in pursuing funding from The Ford Family Foundation, please prepare a statement (500-750 words). More information here.

Step 2 – Submit Application:

Submit your completed application using the Qualtrics link below. When you have gathered all your materials, follow the link below to input all your information. Important: you will NOT be able to save your application and return later. You must input and submit everything in one sitting, so please be sure to have all your materials assembled before you begin.

Additional supporting documents or letters of matching support funds can be emailed to rare@uoregon.edu

All materials must be submitted by the deadline: 5pm PT on April 1, 2025

RARE Staff will review host organization applications and, where appropriate, conduct screening calls and virtual interviews with selected organizations in late April and early May. Organizations invited to participate by mid-May will be required to submit full member position descriptions to the RARE Program in late May.

If you have any questions, please contact us at:

Phone 541-632-3147 or e-mail rare@uoregon.edu

RARE AmeriCorps Program Host Organization placements are contingent on availability of program funding.